Why you should already start booking your train tickets for Christmas

Yes, autumn holidays haven’t started yet, yes christmas is in more than 2 months but still, you should start booking your train tickets for Christmas right now. Christmas is one of the busiest travel period of the year, where millions of us are travelling back home to celebrate with family. Train tickets are usually released 10 to 12 weeks in advance, which means that train tickets for christmas are now available for booking, and the earlier you book, the more you will save!

> Find cheap train tickets for Christmas

Book in advance to get the cheapest train tickets for Christmas

Advance tickets offer the biggest discounts when travelling by train because they are the first to be released but they usually go fast that’s why you should already start looking at them. Please note advance tickets are sold as singles and you will need to buy two tickets for a return journey. For example, we just had a look* on our travel search engine at the cost of Christmas train tickets for travelling on UK main journeys on saturday the 19th of December:

Travel between London and Brighton for Christmas

• Train tickets from London to Brighton: from £10.4
• Train tickets from Brighton to London: from £10.4

Travel between Glasgow and Edinburgh for Christmas

• Train tickets from Glasgow to Edinburgh: from £8.40
• Train tickets from Edinburgh to Glasgow: from £8.40

Travel between London and Edinburgh for Christmas

• Train tickets from London to Edinburgh: from £30
• Train tickets from Edinburgh to London: from £20

Travel between London and Glasgow for Christmas

• Train tickets from London to Glasgow: from £20
• Train tickets from Glasgow to London: from £20

Travel between London and Liverpool for Christmas

• Train tickets from London to Liverpool: from £15
• Train tickets from Liverpool to London: from £15

Travel between London and Manchester for Christmas

• Train tickets from London to Manchester: from £20
• Train tickets from Manchester to London: from £20

Compare train, coach, plane and ride share offers to get the cheapest fare

If you want to make sure you’re getting the cheapest fare for your journey during the Christmas period, our travel search engine enables you to compare all transportation modes in one search. Rather than looking at several websites, you will be able to see the cost of travelling by train, coach, plane or ride share on one single page and choose the best option.

> Find cheap tickets for Christmas on Gopili

Featured image credits: Magnus D, licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
*Simulations carried out on the 16th of October 2015 on Gopili